Fae Searcy | |
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Clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois | |
In office April 13, 1955 – March 23, 1968 | |
Preceded by | Earle Benjamin Searcy |
Succeeded by | Justin Taft |
Personal details | |
Born | Fae Isenberg |
Died | March 23, 1968 (aged 75) |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Earle Benjamin Searcy |
Children | 2 |
Fae Searcy ( née Isenberg) was an American politician who served as clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She was the first woman to hold a statewide elected office in Illinois. First appointed in a widow's succession following her husband's death in office, Searcy won election to two full terms.
Searcy was born in Shelby County, Illinois as Fae Isenberg. [1] [2] She attended public school in Shelbyville. [1]
Searcy attended Oberlin College, and graduated from the Hinshaw Conservatory of Music in Chicago. [1]
She married Earle Benjamin Searcy in 1917, [1] [2] taking his surname. [1] The Searcys would be parents to daughter Barbara Jane Searcy Damewood and son Earle B. Searcy. [1]
Searcy's husband became a politician. She joined him frequently on campaign trips, and was involved in Republican Party women's clubs. [3]
In 1955, Searcy's husband, serving in the statewide elected office of clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court, died in office of a heart attack. [1] [3] On April 13, 1955, in an instance of widow's succession, she was appointed by the court to fill the vacant office, becoming the first woman to fill a statewide elected office in Illinois. [1] [3] She won election as a Republican to a full term in 1956. [1] [4] Searcy was reelected to an additional full term in 1962. [5]
On March 23, 1968, Searcy died at the age of 75, after having ailed from a lingering illness. [1] Searcy still placed second out of three candidates in the June 1968 Republican primary election for the office of Clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court, [6] which she had already filed to appear on the ballot for prior to her death. [1]
Fae Searcy | |
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Clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois | |
In office April 13, 1955 – March 23, 1968 | |
Preceded by | Earle Benjamin Searcy |
Succeeded by | Justin Taft |
Personal details | |
Born | Fae Isenberg |
Died | March 23, 1968 (aged 75) |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Earle Benjamin Searcy |
Children | 2 |
Fae Searcy ( née Isenberg) was an American politician who served as clerk of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She was the first woman to hold a statewide elected office in Illinois. First appointed in a widow's succession following her husband's death in office, Searcy won election to two full terms.
Searcy was born in Shelby County, Illinois as Fae Isenberg. [1] [2] She attended public school in Shelbyville. [1]
Searcy attended Oberlin College, and graduated from the Hinshaw Conservatory of Music in Chicago. [1]
She married Earle Benjamin Searcy in 1917, [1] [2] taking his surname. [1] The Searcys would be parents to daughter Barbara Jane Searcy Damewood and son Earle B. Searcy. [1]
Searcy's husband became a politician. She joined him frequently on campaign trips, and was involved in Republican Party women's clubs. [3]
In 1955, Searcy's husband, serving in the statewide elected office of clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court, died in office of a heart attack. [1] [3] On April 13, 1955, in an instance of widow's succession, she was appointed by the court to fill the vacant office, becoming the first woman to fill a statewide elected office in Illinois. [1] [3] She won election as a Republican to a full term in 1956. [1] [4] Searcy was reelected to an additional full term in 1962. [5]
On March 23, 1968, Searcy died at the age of 75, after having ailed from a lingering illness. [1] Searcy still placed second out of three candidates in the June 1968 Republican primary election for the office of Clerk of the Illinois Supreme Court, [6] which she had already filed to appear on the ballot for prior to her death. [1]